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CBP Offers Document to Help With Agriculture Cargo Entries
October 25, 2016 |Customs

CBP released a new document meant to "assist the importing community in regards to the submission of documents" for agriculture entries, said the Felicia Nailing, supervisory CBP officer at the Port of New York/Newark, in an email. CBP's Tactical Division, Agriculture (AG) Unit developed the document, she said. The form can be used "as a reference for importers/brokers regarding their responsibility before submitting entry documents to CBP AG in Newark," as a "coversheet for brokers when submitting hard copy entries," or as a guideline when submitting through the Document Image System.

CBP Releases Oct. 26 Customs Bulletin
October 24, 2016 |Customs

CBP released its Oct. 26 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 50, No. 43) (here). While it does not contain any rulings, it does include recent CBP notices and Court of International Trade opinions.

CBP Working to Allow Brokers to File for Section 321 Release in ABI, Agency Official Says
October 21, 2016 |Customs

ORLANDO -- CBP is working to allow Automated Broker Interface filers to directly file for Section 321 release from manifest, said Jim Swanson, director of cargo security and controls in CBP’s Office of Field Operations, during the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones annual conference on Oct. 17. But despite some calls from the trade community to allow Section 321 releases directly to consumers, CBP doesn’t have authority to deviate from normal release procedures, Swanson said. The agency is working with various associations, including express carriers, airlines, and customs brokers and forwarders, to respond to the growing amount of low-volume shipments across the U.S., Swanson said. The recent increase of the U.S. de minimis level from $200 to $800 has multiplied that type of shipment brought in by airlines at small airports across the country he said. Customs reauthorization legislation enacted earlier this year set the new de minimis level. The effects of the change are confounding CBP, which expected that any post-Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act influx in de minimis-related imports would mainly arrive via express couriers, Swanson said.